Category: Larchmont Avenue Church
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“Doubt or Fear?”
Theme: We survive turbulent times by putting our faith in Jesus and leaving the things we cannot control to God. Matthew 14: 22-33 (NRSV): Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went […]
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“Free For All”
Theme: Sharing God’s loving compassion brings powerful peace to a chaotic world. Matthew 14:13-21 (NRSV): Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore, he saw a great […]
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“Living with ‘Wait and See’”
Theme: Although we live in uncertain times, we can always be certain of God’s grace. Matthew 13:24-30 and 36-43 (NRSV): He put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the […]
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“Hope for Good to Come”
Theme: God’s promises that good will come: we will find joy on the other side of our exile. Isaiah 55:10-13 (NRSV): For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth,making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread […]
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“Graciously Unburdened”
Theme: Jesus calls us to seek justice and offers us grace along the way there. Matthew 11:25-30 (NRSV): At that time Jesus said, ‘I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was […]
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“Boldly Belonging to God”
Theme: Jesus warns us that he will unsettle our world, but grants us the grace to change with it. Matthew 10:24-39 (NRSV): ‘A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called […]
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“Help for the Harrassed”
Theme: Jesus sends us out into the world to build up God’s Kingdom with love, peace and justice for all, despite the threat of arrest and harassment. Matthew 9:35-38; 10:1 (NRSV): Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every […]
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“Grace for a Nation in Pain”
Theme: God will not abandon us but graciously helps us make our world new. Lamentations 3:1-9;16-24 (NRSV): I am one who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath; he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light; against me alone he turns his hand, again and again, all day long. He has […]
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“The Spirit Among Us”
Theme: The Spirit of God’s Love reconnects us as Christ’s church community to God and the world. John 14:15-17 (NRSV): ‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you for ever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom […]
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Welcoming Our Neighbor Refugees
“Welcoming Our Neighbor Refugees,” Doctoral Thesis Presentation by Rev. Dr. Ellen Clark Clemot, May 11, 2020. Presentation moderated by Bishop Will Willimon, with congratulatory remarks by Dr. Luke Bretherton, thesis advisor. This presentation was part of a zoom video conference marking the graduation of Dr. Clemot with the degree of Doctor of Ministry from Duke […]
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